One of the harder overnight desert cross country solos I’ve done. Scrambling up and down canyons choked with boulders and brush, traversed a ridgeline with a good deal of class 4. A total of about 25 miles over 24 hours; home with bloodshot eyes, plenty of cuts, holes in my pants, and cactus spines lodged in my feet. A good reminder of why lightweight trail runners and techie pants tend to come up short in the desert.

I loved this, all the more so for having known about the set up in advance. The pictures were great, and really demonstrated the challenging terrain you faced. The writeup though was the essence of UL poetry. Deep meaning conveyed with no wasted words.